Improvement in butter-workers



S. H. BUSH.

Butter-Workers. No'. 145,624. Patented Dec.`16, 1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIcEo SIMEON H. BUSH, OF BOISTFORT, WASHINGTONTERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-WORKERS.

Specili :ation forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,624, datedDecember 16, 1873 application filed August 30, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON H. BUSH, of Boistfort, in the county of Lewisand Territory of WVashington, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Butter-Yorkers 5 an d I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a section of mybutter-worker. Fig. 2 is a top view of same. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofsame.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the workingpof butterbycineans of an inclined concave bed, a follower or pressing head whichis pivoted to a vertically-vibrating lever, and a pressing-head which isheld in the hand, as will be hereinafter described.

In the annexed drawings, A A represent two vertical cheeks, which aresecured perina- .nently on opposite sides of a block, which presents aninclined concave surface, B. C represents a follower or pressing-head,the rod c of which is pivoted to a curved lever, D, having its Jfulcrumat d. The pressing-head C works freely up and down between the cheeks AA, and accommodates itself to the concave B and the lump of butterthereon.

Fig. 3 shows a pressing-head, J, which is on the end of a T- shapedhandle, J. This head is of such length as to be freely secured betweenthe cheeks A A.

To work a lump of butter in the machine just described, it is put uponthe conc( ve B, beneath the pressing-head C; and, with one hand on thelever D, and the other grasping` the handle J of the pressing-head J,the butter is kneaded and worked back and forth on the concave B untilit is thoroughly deprived of its buttermilk, which escapes from thelower end of the concave into a suitable receptacle.

By means of the pressing-head G on the le ver D, the butter can beforcibly squeezed; and by means ofthe pressing-head J, which is held inthe hand, the butter is pressed up to the head C, and held while thishead is depressed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved butter-worker described, consisting ofthe inclined concaveB, cheeks A A, pressing-head C on the pivoted lever D, and thepressing-head J, all operating in the manner described.

In testimony that I claimv the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

SIMEON H. BUSH.

IVitnesses GEORGE LoNGsTREET, A. L. DAvIs.

